22 Jan
2002
22 Jan
'02
4:44 a.m.
Hi everybody.
I've rescued a Bell & Howell Apple IIe (black, of course) just yesterday.
Can anyone tell me anything about what these things were used for, what I can expect to
find in the machine, etc, etc?
I haven't even cleaned off the dust yet, but I vaguely recall that these were sold for
some specific purpose. If so, what were they for?
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
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22 Jan
22 Jan
5:12 a.m.
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
I've rescued a Bell & Howell Apple IIe (black,
of course) just
yesterday.
Does it have the later IIe style case with D-Sub cutouts, or does it have
slots in the back panel like the II/II+? I never have had a good look at
one of the IIe machines marketed by them.
Can anyone tell me anything about what these things
were used for,
what I can expect to find in the machine, etc, etc?
I would expect it to be a typical IIe in a black case :)
I haven't even cleaned off the dust yet, but I
vaguely recall that
these were sold for some specific purpose. If so, what were they for?
These machines were sold primarily to businesses and schools. Bell &
Howell marketed audio/video and other electronic equipment to such places,
so they were a well known brand.
-Toth
5:51 a.m.
I think they are II+'s, and were for audio-visual presentations.
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
Hi everybody.
I've rescued a Bell & Howell Apple IIe (black, of course) just yesterday.
Can anyone tell me anything about what these things were used for, what I can expect to
find in the machine, etc, etc?
I haven't even cleaned off the dust yet, but I vaguely recall that these were sold
for
some specific purpose. If so, what were they for?
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
6:24 a.m.
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
Hi everybody.
I've rescued a Bell & Howell Apple IIe (black, of course) just yesterday.
Can anyone tell me anything about what these things were used for, what I can expect to
find in the machine, etc, etc?
I haven't even cleaned off the dust yet, but I vaguely recall that these were sold
for
some specific purpose. If so, what were they for?
To be able to get past the purchasing departments of school districts, who
didn't want to buy COMPUTERS (the district already has one), and certainly
wouldn't buy something like that from a company named after a fruit.
But add it into a LONG list of projectors, and other AV stuff, and it
would slide right through.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
23 Jan
23 Jan
1:34 a.m.
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
I've rescued a Bell & Howell Apple IIe (black,
of course) just
yesterday.
Can anyone tell me anything about what these things were used for, what
I can expect to find in the machine, etc, etc?
I have one of those that I rescued from my hometown high school's trash.
It is a II or a II+, but I don't remember which at the moment. I asked
this question a few months back, and got good answers. I suggest you do
the following search on google:
bell howell jeffrey site:classiccmp.org
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